Least Squares Calculation

Using the Least Squares Formulae

Using the totals from the previous table, we can calculate the slope of the regression line:


We can also calculate the y intercept of the regression line:


Therefore, the least squares regression line is:

Here is the calculated line, plotted on the original data points:

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